Congrats to Rafa Nadal, who held off a furious comeback effort by rising star (and occasional grump) Daniel Mevedev to win his 19th Grand Slam.  Congrats also to Bianca Andreescu. The future of tennis is arriving rather quickly.  Even if Rafa and Fed and Djoker and Serena aren’t ready to admit that yet.

Elsewhere…

• For the second season in a row, there was a tie game to start the season in the NFL.
• Looks like the Pats are picking up from where they left off.  And that’s without AB!
• Dave DombrOUTski! at Fenway
• NHL training camp about to start
• FIBA World Cup going strong.

As ever, all sports topics welcome!